Modern Art in Pakistan

Simone Wille is independent art historian, researcher, and writer currently based in Vienna, Austria.

‘Simone Wille's research has carefully traced a focused, influential trajectory of modern and contemporary artistic practice in Lahore . . . Revelatory and distinctive.’ — Iftikhar Dadi, Cornell University‘[A]n innovative study which analyses the position of modern and contemporary art of Pakistan within the traditions of South Asia and modern globalisation. It is essential reading for experts in these fields but also . . . for those interested in the artistic developments of our times within the Islamic world and beyond its boundaries.’ — Ebba Koch, University of Vienna‘What many Pakistani artists have accomplished through art practice finally finds a parallel in art historiography . . . Wille compellingly places modern and contemporary Pakistani art within the space of global modernism and art discourse without losing its specificity.’ — Parul Dave Mukherji, Jawa harlal Nehru University

• Plates. Acknowledgments. Preface Monica Juneja. Introduction: A New Sense of Place in Modern Pakistan Art 1. Shakir Ali (1916–75) 2. Zahoor ul Akhlaq (1941–99): The Idea of Space as an Abstract System 3. The Legacy of Pakistan’s Modernism in Contemporary Art 4. Conclusion. Afterword Iftikhar Dadi. Bibliography. About the Author. About the Series Editor. Index